Clothes pounder



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CLOTHES POUNDER. APPLICATION man FEB-2i, 1921.

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ARTHUR o. HUBBARD, or MINNEeroLIs, MINNESOTA.

CLOTHES POUNDER.

I Application filed February a, 1921. Serial No. 446,853.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR O. HUBBARD, a citizen of the United States resident of Minneapolis, county of Hennepin, State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clothes Founders, of which the following is a specification,

The object of my invention is to provide a clothes pounder of simple, inexpensive construction which can be conveniently mounted on the operating hail of the washing machine and which will be extremely ei'iective for agitating the clothes and forcing the soapy water through the meshes of the fabric.

A further object is to provide improved means for assisting the flow of air and wash water through the pounder.

Other objects of the invention will appear from the following detailed description.

In the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification,

Figure 1 is a side view, partially in section, of a clothes pounder embodying my invention,

Figure 2 is a plan view of the middle portion of the pounder,

Figure 3 is a bottom view,

Figure 4c is a sectional view on the line 4-4 of Figure 2,

Figure 5 is a sectional view on the line 55 of Figure 4-.

In the drawing, 2 represents a post or standard having a clamp 3 at its upper end and provided with sockets 4: for receiving a washing machine bail and a locking device 5 for holding the jaws of the clamp in their closed position. At the lower end of the post a series of washing domes 6, 7 and 8 are arranged. A stud 9 is formed on the lower end of the standard to receive the dome 6. A collar 10 is mounted on the stud and seated against the dome 6. A hub 11 is also mounted on the stud and bears on the collar 10 and a hub 12 has threaded engagement with the lower end of the stud and holds the hub 11 and collar 10 in place thereon. Flanges 13 and 1 1 are provided respectively on the hubs 11 and 12 and to these flanges the domes 7 and 8 are respectively secured. A spider in is mounted on the stud above the dome 6 and is seated against a shoulder 15 and this spider has raised or arched portions 16 beneath which gaps or recesses 17 are formed leading to ports 18 in the walls of the dome 6. S milar ports 19 and 20 are formed in the domes 7 and 8 through which the water and air in the operation of pounding the clothes will be forced to circulate. On the down stroke, the water and air will flow upwardly through these ports after circulating through the clothes and on the upstroke a vacuum will be formed beneath the domes, causing the water to circulate in the opposite direction, thus maintaining a steady flow through the meshes of the fabric during the operation of the pounder. The spider extending outwardly in the form of a rosette over the middle portion of the outer dome has the effect of partially concealing the ports 8 and offering some resistance to the flow of air and water therethrough. The gaps 17, however, leading to these ports, will allow the free flow of the water to them when the pounder is raised and will permit freedom of circulation of the air and water through the domes of the pounder. The lower edges of the domes are preferably rolled, as indicated at 21, presenting rounded or curved edges to the clothes and preventing them from being roughened or damaged by the action of the pounder.

I claim as myinvention:

1. A clothes pounder comprising a standard, a plurality of domes concentrically mounted thereon, one within the other, and spaced apart, said domes being composed of sheet metal having hubs mounted on said standard, the lower edges of said domes being rolled to form beads thereon and the walls of said domes having ports for the circulation of air and water therethrough.

2. A clothes pounder comprising a standard having a shoulder formed thereon and a threaded end, hubs mounted on said standard between said shoulder and threaded end, a nut mounted on said threaded end for holding said hubs on said standard, a series of domes connected with said hubs and nut respectively and spaced apart in concentric relation, said domes having ports relation, said domes having ports therein centric relation and spaced apart, said domes having ports therein for the circulation of air and water therethrough, a spider interposed between the upper dome and said shoulder and projecting outwardly over the ports in said upper dome, said spider being formed to conceal the ports in said upper dome While permitting the free circulation 20 of air and water therethrough. 1

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 14th day of February 1921. ARTHUR O..HUBBARD. 

